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llNrrnn STATES PATENT OFFICE.

IDA L. ROBINSON, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

NON-REFILLABLE BOTTLE.;

sPEcIFIcATIoN forming part of Letters Patent No. 640,953, date January 9, 19oo`. Application iiled October 17, 1899. Serial o. '733,906'. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern;

Be it known that I, IDA L. ROBINSON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Boston, in the State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Non- Reiillable Bottles; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, Which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improvement in bottles; and its object iS to provide a bottle which is non-rellable, and which can only be opened by breaking awaya top portion or projection, and which forms an opening` in the top of the bottle through which the liquid is emptied.

My invention consists in a bottle having a sealed projection extending from its top, and Which is to be broken for the purpose of extracting the fluid contained in the bottle, and which bottle has its filling-opening formed through its bottom, which bottom is raised above the bottom sufficiently far to allow the recess in the bottom of the bottle to be filled With cement, as will be more fully described hereinafter.

Figure l is a vertical section of the bottle ready to be filled and sealed. Fig. 2 is a si mi- -lar view of the bottle, showing it lled and sealed.

A represents a bottle either of the shape here shown or any other that may be preferred and which instead of having a neck like ordinary bottles has only a closed projection B extending from its top. This projection may be formed as here shown or given any shape that may be preferred, but is blown or formed in the making of the bottle and is closed so that the bottle .cannot be filled at this point. In order to extract the liquid from the bottle, this projection B must be broken, and then, and then only, an opening is formed through which the liquid can be emptied from the bottle.

I do not limit myself to any particular form of projection, for while this projection is here given aneck-like shape, yet it only serves as a neck after it has been broken.

The bottom C of the bottle is curved up; wardly in the usual manner, and through the center of this bottom is formed an opening D, with a neck G of suitable length, and in this neck after the bottle has been filled is inserted a cork I-I, which is forced into the position shown. In order to prevent this cork from being bored out, I place upon its top a metal plate or disk I of any suitable construction which will prevent a drill from reaching the cork. In order to prevent the cement from being dug out from this recessed bottom, I form around the lower edge of the neck G a concaved ring J of any desired width and depth and which, together with the recess in the bottom of the bottle, is to be filled with cement. This ring J extends outwardly beyond the neck, as shown at O, so that when the cement P is poured into the recess in the bottom of the bottle it Will iiow around and under this ring, and thus be prevented from falling out or being` readily removed. This ring J is made concave upon its inner side, so that the cement will fill it, and the ring thus acts upon both its inner and outer side as a retainerforthecement. Theopeningthrough the bottom of this ring is the same size as the opening through the neck, and hence When a person attempts to bore out the cement, so as to hit the cork, he will have to get directly in line with the center of the neck before the cork can be bored out or removed. This ring is attened and made to projectbeyond the neck, so that should an attempt be made to remove the cement this ring will be broken, and in breaking it the neck or the bottom of the bottle is also likely to be broken, so that the bottle will be destroyed.

After the bottle has been filled, the cork inserted, and the protecting-plate I placed u'pon the end of the cork the entire concaved bottom of the bottle is illed with cement, and this cement forms a protection not only for the neck G, but for the concaved ring J. If any attempt is made to extractthe cement,this ring Will be broken, and in breaking the ring the neck G is also likely to be more orless injured. This cement forms a protection for the entire bottom of the bottle and serves as a medium upon which trade-marks, labels, or other distinguishing-brands can be placed. If an attempt is made to extract the cement,

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the trademarks, brands, or labels will be destroyed, and thus the fraud in refilling the bottle will be exposed.

Having thus described my invention, I claim- A non-retillable bottle having a closed projection B extending from its top, and which is to be broken away in order to extract the contents of the bottle; a concave bottom which is to be filled with cement, the neck G projecting down into the concaved portion of the bottle, and having the flattened ring .I formed upon its lower end, the outer edge of the ring projecting outwardly beyond the neck of the bottle as a binder for the cement, land made 15 concaved upon its inner side and holding the cement; the opening through the ring J being of the same size as that through the neck when in a direct line therewith, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

IDA L. ROBINSON.

Witnesses:

J. J. NELLIGAN, F. A. LEHMANN. 

